• Five ministers attend NA Committee session
  Five ministers attend NA Committee session
  

  Five ministers will be questioned at a week-long session of the National Assembly Standing Committee which opened in Hanoi on March 15.
  15/03
• Deputy PM Nhan visits Moscow
  Deputy PM Nhan visits Moscow
  

  

  Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Thien Nhan on March 14 visited the Vietnamese Embassy in Russia and met with representatives of the Vietnamese community there.
  15/03
• Vietnam wins int’l left-wing community’s support
  Vietnam wins int’l left-wing community’s support
  

  The Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) representative won standing ovations with the participation of 102 left-wing parties from Australia, Asia, Europe, Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean.
  15/03
• US National Geographic Society asked to correct mistake
  US National Geographic Society asked to correct mistake
  

  

  The world map published by the US National Geographic Society is wrong with a note of ‘Paracel Is. China’ in the Hoang Sa archipelago area of Vietnam, said the spokesperson of the Vietnamese foreign ministry on March 13.
  14/03
• Deputy PM Nhan visits St. Petersburg University
  Deputy PM Nhan visits St. Petersburg University
  

  

  Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Thien Nhan has expressed his hope that Saint Petersburg State University will become an important partner for Vietnam to increase cooperation in new areas such as nuclear power.
  13/03

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• PM encourages Japanese investment in Vietnam
  PM encourages Japanese investment in Vietnam
  

  

  Vietnam will continue to improve its business environment to attract more foreign investors, including those from Japan, says Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung.
  06/11
• Vietnam calls for national reconciliation in Guinea Bissau
  Vietnam calls for national reconciliation in Guinea Bissau
  

  A Vietnamese representative at the UN Security Council has called on “all parties in Guinea Bissau to accord utmost priorities to national interest.
  06/11
• Prime Minister Dung leaves for Mekong- Japan summit in Tokyo
  Prime Minister Dung leaves for Mekong- Japan summit in Tokyo
  

  On November 6, a Vietnamese government delegation led by Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung left Hanoi for Japan to attend the first two-day Mekong-Japan summit in Tokyo, at the invitation of Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama.
  06/11
• Int'l community hails Vietnam’s contribution as UNSC President
  Int'l community hails Vietnam’s contribution as UNSC President
  

  

  A senior diplomat has highlighted international recognition of Vietnam’s successful presidency of the UN Security Council (UNSC) in October.
  06/11
• Vietnam supports UN call for compliance with int’l law
  Vietnam supports UN call for compliance with int’l law
  

  Vietnam supports the United Nations report’s calls for compliance with international law as part of efforts to avoid the recurrence of reprehensible violations and contribute to efforts aimed at a peaceful settlement of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
  06/11